The impact of positive and negative emotions might be more impactful than you think—and more persuasive. A teacher in Curitiba, a southern region in Brazil, decided to illustrate the power of words to her students by using two cups of sealed rice. Physical education teacher Ana Paula Frezatto Martins arranged the class in a circle around the two…
In this stage of social progression, of the 2010’s decade righteous indignation toward tyranny or whatever word you want to call it, it looks like activists could use some structure and discipline: persistence and loads of effort. Some activists have been painstakingly trudging through the quicksand of the dollar, through the system trying to save…
According to Wikipedia, Chaos Theory is defined as “the field of study in mathematics that studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions – a response popularly referred to as the butterfly effect.” In other words, Chaos Theory refers to how meaningful and profound even the most seemingly insignificant things are and…
What makes us happy? Thirteen happiness experts, including psychologists, researchers, monks, and the inimitable Malcolm Gladwell, try to shed light on this surprisingly difficult question in a series of TED Talks about happiness. Over and over, the same two themes emerge. First, we’re usually wrong about wha will make us happy–or unhappy, for that matter. For example,…
The world needs good yoga teachers. I’ve been teaching yoga as a career for over 16 years and have logged more than 20,000 teaching hours. I will forever be a student both of yoga and the practice of teaching yoga and I suppose that I’ll always be learning how to be more effective. Yet, through…
I vividly remember my mother’s 37th birthday. We had many guests, and the party went on until quite late. Everyone was laughing and enjoying themselves, but all I could think was,” My mother is getting old, hope she doesn’t die.” At that point, 40 seemed so very far away that I couldn’t possibly imagine a day…
If you’ve been worried about where you are or what you haven’t achieved yet, I have a quick message for you. It can all change in an instant, so relax! People have a tendency to be either very forward or very backward-looking, and this often gets us stuck in a holding pattern when it comes to…
Beneath most headaches is a heartache. It’s a natural protective mechanism of ours to think our way around wounds instead of feeling our way through them. In this day and age, we just want an escape. What can we do to stop feeling the pain we’re feeling? How can we change ourselves to be more acceptable? How can we…
Have you been making a conscious choice to choose your dream or your excuse? I ask this because lately I have been creating a lot more videos on my blog and social media. Some of the feedback I have been getting from viewers has reminded me how important this choice really is. So, long story…
Sometimes in life, we get stuck in a rut. We become immobilized by fear, or we simply ignore the pull to do what we know we want to do. However, when it comes to life, it is imperative to keep moving forward! Forward momentum is what carries you to everything you want. Forward momentum is everything.…